Dec 25, 2009

The Playboy of the Western World | The Playboy of the Western World

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Author: J. M. Synge
First Published: 1907
Type of Work: Play
Type of Plot: Comic realism
Time of Work: Early twentieth century
Setting: County Mayo, Ireland
Genres: Realism, Drama, Comedy
Subjects: Parents and children, Mythology or myths, Twentieth century, Rural or country life, Fathers, Fratricide, parricide, or filicide, Ireland or Irish people, Peasantry or peasants, Braggarts
Locales: Mayo, Ireland

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Christopher (Christy) Mahon, the playboy of the Western World. Arriving one evening in a village on the wild coast of County Mayo, cold, tired, and hungry, he captures the imagination of the people when he tells them how he split the skull of his harsh, unimaginative old father with a loy. Timid no longer, the young man outleaps and outruns his competitors during the rigorous village sports. His reputation for bravery is tarnished, however, when his father, with a bandaged head, arrives in town. When the athletic young man attacks his father a second time,...

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The Playboy of the Western World | The Playboy of the Western World

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